Chess Federation celebrates 150th birthday with party for 1000 children: ‘Chess is now just cool’

Chess Federation celebrates 150th birthday with party for 1000 children

Utrecht – The Queens Gambit, the Vienna Game, en passant and castling, the chess terms flying around your ears today in the Railway Museum in Utrecht. The Royal Dutch Chess Federation has existed for 150 years and that is being celebrated. More than a thousand children attend workshops, play chess against grandmasters or participate in a tournament.

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